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oncti ovato, sessile ; racemes terminal and axillary, many-flowored, viscid ; calyx 

 hairy; lateral lobes of the corolla conspicuous. (S. cordifolia, Muhl.) — Dry 

 open woods in the upper districts. July -Sept. — Stem 2° -3° high. Leaves 

 2'-4' long. Racemes 3' - 6' long. Corolla 6"- 8" long, blue and white. 



Var. minor. Small (6'- 12') ; leaves tomentose, finely crenate ; the lowest 

 ones orbicular, the upper ovate-lanceolate, truncated at the base (J'- 1' long), 

 the floral ones narrower. ( S. saxatilis ji 1 pilosior, Benlh. i) — Dry woods, near 

 Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia. August. 



2. S. arguta, Buckley. Stem somewhat procumbent, pubescent; leaves 

 ovate, cordate, coarsely crenate, on long pubescent petioles, nearly smooth ; 

 racemes axillary and terminal ; flowers small. — Black Mountain, North Caro- 

 lina, Buckley. July and Aug. — Stem 8' - 12' long. Leaves 1^' - 2' long, paler 

 beneath, shorter than the petioles. 



3. S. cauesceus, Nutt., var. ? punctata. Stem erect, tomentose, branched 

 above ; leaves ovato or oblong-ovate, acute, smoothish, paler and strongly veined 

 beneath, resinous-dotted on both sides, short-petioled, the lower ones cordate, 

 tlio upper and floral ones lanceolate, tapering at the base ; racemes simple, axil- 

 lary and terminal, pubescent, many-flowered ; corolla blue and. white. — Dry 

 open woods, Florida and Georgia. July and Aug. — Stem 2° high. Leaves 

 l^'-2' long, 2-3 times as long as the pubescent petioles. Corolla 8"-9" long. 



4. S. serrata, Andr. Smooth ; stem erect, branched ; leaves ovate, acute, 

 smooth and green on both sides, decurrent into tlie margined petiole , the floral 

 ones small, lanceolate ; racemes short, simple, few-flowered, 1-sided ; calyx 

 mostly hairy ; corolla large, blue. — Dry woods, North Carolina. — Stem 2° - 3° 

 high. Leaves I'-l J' long. Corolla 1' long. 



5. S. pilosa, Michx. Hairy; stem simple or sparingly branched ; leaves 

 distant, ovate, obtuse, coarsely crenate ; the lowest rounded at the base, the 

 upper ones abruptly short-petioled, the floral ones spatulate, obtuse ; racemes 

 short, few-flowered ; corolla pale blue. — Dry .^andy soil, Florida to Mississippi, 

 and northward. July and Aug. — Stem 1° - 2° high. Leaves 1'- 2' long. Co- 

 rolla 8" -9" long. 



6 S. villosa, Ell. Stem erect, branching, villous ; leaves large, lanceo- 

 late, acute at each end, coarsely toothed, villous beneath, hispid above ; racemes 

 ])aniculate, with the flowers crowded. — Georgia, between the Ocmulgee and 

 Flint Rivers, £ffiott. May - July. — Stem 2° -3° high. Leaves 3' -4 J' long, 

 on petioles J' long. ( * ) 



^_ ^_ Upper and floral leaves alike, entire, nearly sessile ; the lower broader, 

 petioled, and mostly crenate. 

 7. S. integrifolia, L. Pubescent throughout; stem mostly simple (6'- 

 12' high) ; leaves small (^'- 1' long), lanceolate, obtuse, entire, tapering down- 

 ward, sessile ; the lowest ovate or obovate, short-petioled, crenate or entire, the 

 lower floral ones sometimes longer than the flowers ; racemes leafy, few - many- 

 flowered. — Dry sandy soil, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. 



Var. major. Stem taller (I°-2° high), branching; leaves larger (l'-2' 

 long) ; the upper oblong, entire, tapering into a petiole, the lower ovate or cor- 



